Ringerike, Braksoya bioherm (Silurian of Norway)

Also known as Reef 1804

Where: Buskerud, Norway (60.0° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 8.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Braksoya Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• Early Sheinwoodian, Plectostroma norvegicum community

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• stromatoporoid bioherms

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Nestor. 1999. Community structure and succession of Baltoscandian Early Palaeozoic stromatoporoids. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 48(3):123-139 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79880: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
Syringostromella cf. aspectabilis
Syringostromella cf. aspectabilis stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon cf. crickmayi
Clathrodictyon cf. crickmayi Parks 1933 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Plectostroma norvegicum
Plectostroma norvegicum stromatoporoid sponge